◆ Pacific League Nippon-Ham 2-4 Softbank Hawks (14th, ES CON FIELD)

Softbank Hawks won a close game, raising his savings to a season-high 19. Naoyuki Uwasawa pitcher pitched well, going scoreless and runs six innings. runner showed tenacity by allowing the ball but not allowing him to step on home plate.

He closer the side in order in the first inning, but in the second inning he faced his first real jam of the day with a runner on third and one out. However, struck out Nomura and Otsuka consecutively. The fastball he threw to Otsuka with a 2-ball, 2-strike count was clocked at 153 km/h, and he powerfully overpowered him to get the win.

He held the opposing team runs through five innings, but the crucial moment came in the sixth inning with the score 1-0. Three consecutive hits off Manami loaded the bases with no bases loaded. Then, against the next hitter, Hosokawa, he threw three consecutive balls from the first pitch. It was a tense situation where a walk would tie the game or one hit would give them the lead, but he recovered and got a fly out to shortstop for the first out. Against the next batter, Otsuka, he started with three consecutive balls, but he also got him to ground out to first base, and then got Tamiya to fly out to left field to escape the jam.

In a situation where not a single ball could be allowed, the 15-year veteran right-hander showed remarkable tenacity. "It was tough. It was tough, but I thought I had no choice but to do something," Uwasawa recalled, and manager Kokubo once again praised him, saying, "Even with runner on base, he tenaciously kept the game in check."